2 files changed, 0 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02202d324962..58afa07bdf40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -316,12 +316,9 @@ SUBARCH := $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/ \
 # CROSS_COMPILE can be set on the command line
 # make CROSS_COMPILE=ia64-linux-
 # Alternatively CROSS_COMPILE can be set in the environment.
-# A third alternative is to store a setting in .config so that plain
-# "make" in the configured kernel build directory always uses that.
 # Default value for CROSS_COMPILE is not to prefix executables
 # Note: Some architectures assign CROSS_COMPILE in their arch/*/Makefile
 ARCH            ?= $(SUBARCH)
-CROSS_COMPILE   ?= $(CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE:"%"=%)
 
 # Architecture as present in compile.h
 UTS_MACHINE     := $(ARCH)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 18b151f0ddc1..15aae32e0719 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ config INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT
           Maximum of each of the number of arguments and environment
           variables passed to init from the kernel command line.
 
-
-config CROSS_COMPILE
-        string "Cross-compiler tool prefix"
-        help
-          Same as running 'make CROSS_COMPILE=prefix-' but stored for
-          default make runs in this kernel build directory.  You don't
-          need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
-          directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
-
 config COMPILE_TEST
         bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
         depends on !UML